Being a parent provides many unexpected opportunities. It was the parenting connection that motivated us to start Nature's Tracks Forest Play.

Corey, Dave and Ronna all had over a decade of experience working as professional nature guides prior to starting Forest Play, but with individual focuses and specialties. The connecting threads that brought us together were a passion for Coyote Mentoring and facilitating experiences that develop a meaningful connection between people and the natural world.

In 2011, repeated requests from friends and other parents to run nature programs for children motivated action. Corey and Dave reconnected on an on-line nature mentoring program and found they were getting similar requests. Some pilot programs were developed and we had a blast! Based on the success of our pilot programs, our passion for this work and both of our schedules opening up to do this work more regularly, we dove in.

In concert with increased requests for children's programming, we had requests from teachers, youth camps, education groups, interested friends and parents for adult programming that shares a little of what we do and how we do it. In response, we developed adult programs and professional development opportunities for other professionals.

In 2015, Corey decided to start his own venture and we were excited to welcome some amazing leaders onto our team. Our story is still unfolding and we look forward to continuing our journey with Nature's Tracks Forest Play.